Improved foot-scraper



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

G. T. LOZIER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVED FOOT-SCRAPER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 53,997, dated April 17, 1866.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, G.T. LOZIER, of' Philadelphia, Pennsylvania7 (now in the United Stat-es N avy,) have invented an Improved Foot-Scraper; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear7 and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention consists of a shoe-scraper composed of a pan or box and thin or sharp-edged strips of metal secured to the same7 as fully described hereinafter, so that aboot or shoe may be cleaned by drawing it across the edges of the metal strips, the dirt thus detached from the shoe being received into the pan, from which it may be readily removed.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to make myinvention, Iwill now proceed to describe the manner ot' constructing the same.

On reference to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved foot-scraper, and Fig. 2 a section on the line 1 2, Fig. 1.

A is a metal box or pan, two of the sides, a a, of which are formed by turning up the opposite edges of ametal plate, which forms the bottom of the pan, while the opposite sides consist ot' wooden strips O O, which are secured at their ends to the sides a a.

Each strip is beveled at both sides, so that it shall have a sharp upper edge, and across the pan extend strips C C', which are similar to the strips (l C, and are secured in the same manner to the sides aa. To theprojectin g ends of the strips C C are secured the ends of strips D D', which extend along the sides a', for the purpose of strengthening the pan and rendering it more rigid. In the strips O O are cut slits or recesses adapted for the reception ot' thin metal plates F, the upper edges of the latter being level with the upper edges of the strips O C', while their lower edges are a short distance above the bottom of the pan.

The boot or shoe is cleaned by drawing it across the edges ot' the plates F and strips O C', the dirt which is thus detached fallinginto the pan, from which it can at any time be readily washed. It will be apparent thata scraper of this character is efficient, cheap, and durable.

Wire rods extending through the sides ot' the pan and through the plates F may be substituted for the strips C', or, if desirable, the entire scraper may be made ot' cast-iron, either in a single piece or in sections secured together.

I claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, as a new manufacture- A shoe-scraper composed ot' a pan or box and thin or sharp-edged strips ot' metal secured to the same, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speciication in the presence of two sub scribing witnesses.

GEO. T. LOZIER. Witnesses:

W. H. Y. HAcKE'r'r, E. A. DEEssER. 

